Operationalization of Frailty Using Eight Commonly Used Scales and Comparison of Their Ability to Predict All‐Cause Mortality
Dalhousie University · Capital District Health Authority · +1 more institution
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Abstract
Objectives
To operationalize frailty using eight scales and to compare their content validity, feasibility, prevalence estimates of frailty, and ability to predict all-cause mortality.
Design
Secondary analysis of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
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Keywords
- Operationalization
- Medicine
- Frailty Index
- Gerontology
- Confidence interval
- Scale (ratio)
- Demography
- Health and Retirement Study
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Good health and well-being
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